After a brief tenure as System Director for Instructional Technology, John O’Brien is currently serving as Interim Vice Chancellor for Instructional Technology for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU), the fifth-largest higher education system in the United States.

As an English instructor at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota, he developed a distance composition course that continues to be offered. From 1997-99, he served as Faculty Coordinator for Instructional Technology, working directly with fellow faculty to integrate instructional technology into teaching.

Along with developing interactive web content for a forthcoming Addison Wesley Longman companion web site, he has developed instructional software with Authorware, including a software package to assist writing instructors in easily giving students more detailed feedback on their written work.

He earned his BA in English from Augustana College (SD), an M.Phil. in Anglo-Irish Literature from Trinity College, Dublin, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Here is a BNWW article by Dr. O'Brien: Buying Time

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